Letters

As advisers who work with donors across all generations, our experiences affirm much of what was written in Alliance’s feature on next gen donors. We are particularly inspired by the less proprietary, more social approach these …

Stephen Pittam’s article ‘The Power of Money’ (Alliance, 1 September) is intriguing and multifaceted. The few remarks I make here are more of a reinforcement of his arguments than an addition to them. In my view, inequality …

Alliance is a magazine about philanthropy and Richard Murphy is entitled to his opinion that ‘rich people’ should not receive tax relief for making charitable donations. Tax relief has led my family to give disproportionately …

My kudos to Alliance for taking on the topic of power and philanthropy. It’s not a topic that we often wade into very deeply, and, as Peter Buffett’s op-ed in the New York Times showed, …

Big Data may be getting the lion’s share of attention these days, but Christopher Worman (September issue of Alliance) is absolutely right that Small Data is where the real action is as far as philanthropy is concerned. …

As the amount of international grantmaking by US community foundations increases (‘Community foundations as international grantmakers?’, September issue of Alliance), it would be interesting to know how much is being channelled to or through their …

As Matthew Bishop astutely notes in his article in the June issue of Alliance, the political environment may alter how prominent philanthropists are perceived. In particular, rising income inequality could reshape attitudes toward philanthropists. The wealthiest …

Looking at Brazil, one of the countries mentioned in Matthew Bishop’s insightful article, there are high expectations that a growing number of billionaires will lead to an expansion of philanthropy. But we should not expect that …

As the profile of philanthropy by ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) has increased in recent years, sparked by highly publicized initiatives like the Giving Pledge, it has also generated some scepticism about the motives …

In Anthony Tomei’s brilliant piece on ‘Changing roles in a changing world’ in the June issue of Alliance, he makes the point, among others, that given the defining characteristic of foundations – their independence – their role …